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Name: Dolerophanite RRUFF ID: R070652 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2O(SO4) Locality: First scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S102948 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Very dark brown prismatic crystal to golden brown crystal fragments associated with euchlorine Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Natrochalcite (13) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Dolerophanite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070652.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.38(2)Å b: 6.33(1)Å c: 7.63(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 122.35(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 383(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Dolerophanite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Scacchi A (1873) Nuove specie di solfati di rame, Atti Dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche, 5, 22-29 [view file] |
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Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A2XO4(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478 [view file] |
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Flügel-Kahler E (1963) Die kristallstruktur von dolerophanit, Cu2O(SO4), Acta Crystallographica, 16, 1009-1014 |
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Effenberger H (1985) Cu2O(SO4), dolerophanite: Refinement of the crystal structure with a comparison of [OCu(II)4] tetrahedra in inorganic compounds, Monatshefte für Chemie, 116, 927-931 |
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Nazarchuk E V, Siidra O I, Filatov S K, Charkin D O, Zhdanova L R (2023) Thermal expansion of anhydrous copper sulfate minerals determined by single crystal X‑ray diffraction: chalcocyanite CuSO4, dolerophanite Cu2OSO4 and kamchatkite KCu3O(SO4)2Cl, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 50, 11 |
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